Rep. Susan Brooks was the only Indiana Republican who voted Wednesday to fund the government through Dec. 11, hours before much of the government would have run out of authority to spend money.

The Carmel Republican said the short-term funding bill wasn’t what she wanted, but it was better than shutting down the government.

“Political uncertainty coming from Washington and the threat of another government shutdown creates instability for Hoosiers and all Americans,” Brooks said in a statement. “It’s important that Congress use the coming weeks to reach an agreement that sets us on the path toward fiscal solvency and avoids governing by crisis.”

Brooks was one of 91 House Republicans who voted for the continuing resolution. Reps. Andre Carson of Indianapolis and Pete Visclosky of Merrillville joined all House Democrats in voting for the stopgap bill, which was needed because lawmakers have not passed the annual spending bills funding the government for the fiscal year that starts in October.

Carson and Visclosky also opposed a separate resolution to block Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funding for treating low-income patients. All of Indiana’s House Republicans, including Brooks, voted for the defunding measure, which was largely symbolic because it will not be taken up by the Senate.

Acting before the House on Wednesday, the Senate approved the short-term government funding bill with the support of all Democrats and a majority of Republicans. Indiana Sen. Dan Coats was among the 20 Republicans who opposed the bill.

Coats said in a statement that he couldn’t support a temporary budget extension without meaningful action to reduce the nation’s debt and deficit.

In 2013, Coats — along with Brooks and Rep. Todd Young, R-Bloomington — were the only Indiana Republicans to vote for a bipartisan deal that ended a partial government shutdown and avoided a default on the nation’s debt.

That 16-day shutdown is estimated to have cost the economy about $24 billion.

Young, who is running for the GOP nomination to replace Coats, said he opposed Wednesday’s temporary funding bill because it wouldn’t defund Planned Parenthood or make strides in “reining in federal agencies or their ineffective, inefficient programs.”

Indiana Democratic Party spokesman Drew Anderson said Young’s vote shows he’s scared he won’t be seen as conservative enough to beat Rep. Marlin Stutzman for the GOP nomination.

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